daniel j. garcia m. ed. professional resume 2016
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Daniel J. Garcia M. Ed. 23831 20th Avenue S Des Moines, WA 98198 206.910.7112
OBJECTIVE: To be employed as a teacher in an empowering school district that strives for the betterment and strengthening of its teachers and students. To be judiciously recognized for achievements and to have the opportunity to work in a challenging environment.
EDUCATION AND LICENSURE:
Capella University - Doctorate in Public & Non-Profit Administration Will Earn: May 2017.
University Of Denver - Master’s Degree - Educational Leadership - Earned: December 2010.
University of Colorado at Denver - Master’s Degree - Curriculum & Instruction - Earned: May 2004.
Adams State University - Bachelor’s Degree - Elementary Education/Liberal Arts/Spanish/ Psychology - Earned - May 1997.
TEACHING AND TRAINING:
• RIF Coordinator and distributor • Scholastic Book Fair Coordinator • STEAM After-school science program director • Student Teacher Advisor for DU/Walburg University • Served as building Reading/Writing coach • Reviewed and initiated DPS benchmarks/standards throughout curriculum • Student Teacher Mentor – (2X) – 2007-2008 school year • Coordinated Technological opportunities to advance student learning • Initiated parent Involvement consistently throughout the year • Researched “Grants” for students at Steele/Was awarded: o A – Z Grants for Accelerated Reader Program (Pilot Classroom)4 awards o KIDS CARE Grant – Denver Post – 5th Grade Community Service o ALPHA Smart Grant – Computers for classroom – approved • IDEA/SPED IEP/ILP Bilingual Director • Year-Long Curriculum & Instruction Planning Coordinator • Negotiated and created SMART goals for teachers/SIP • Reviewed and maintained site-based budget for Steele and Summer Scholars • Actively served as CSC member at Steele • Everyday Math Coordinator – 7 schools • PBIS Coordinator – 7 schools • Planned, created and initiated NEW Behavior Modification Program • Upward Bound Coordinator for district
COMMUNICATION:
Effectively communicated classroom expectations to all students, recognizing areas where students were not adhering to the expectations and initiated remediation.
Responded to parental concerns and issues in electronic form as well as initiated communica-tion with parents to apprise them of concerns with their children.
Proficient use of technology to communicate with parents, including email and internet sites, such as new.schoolnotes.com.
Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
ADMINISTRATION:
• Reading Specialist • Bilingual Director • Curriculum & Design Specialist (ELL population)/Including technology basis • Vertical/Horizontal teacher planning, evaluation, & assessment • Professional Development Trainings/Presentations • Title 1 Audit Coordinator • School special event planner/Head fundraiser/Budget Director over several internal school programs • Admissions/Recruitment Director • School schedule planning expert • Bilingual after-school program director • AVID Curriculum Director • ELL Dean of Students • Attendance monitor/home visit specialist • PBIS Discipline Director • Emergency Protocol Lead • ELL Assessment Director
PROBLEM-SOLVING:
• Designed recruitment flyers for school turn-over process • Developed district rules and regulations website (with CDE and CASE) • Mentored staff during position cuts • Developed 2009 – 2010 budget with administrative staff • Revised staff agenda and proposed reform concerns/ideas • Utilized SPSS Statistics Software to present student data to team and teachers • Brainstormed with administrative staff regarding curriculum stability reform • Created and initiated professional teacher evaluation system district wide • Disseminated and recreated evacuation policies and procedures • Grant writing for “School Nurse” Position in district and other opportunities • Organized and maintained leadership in fund-raising events for district • Interviewed teacher candidates for next school year – hiring designee • Consistent Community Outreach Projects for low socio-economic population • Curriculum & instruction planning and organization • Staff/teacher evaluator
EMPLOYMENT:
Educational employment experience
Grades taug
Dates of employment District City/State Type of certifi-cate held
5th
June 2005 - Sep-tember 2006
Aurora Public Schools - 5th Grade Bilingual Teacher
Aurora, CO Elementary Education K-6 License
PreK - 6
October 2006 - December 2006
Denver Public Schools - Par-ent Liaison
Denver, CO No license needed for posi-tion
K-5 December 2006 - August 2008
Denver Public Schools - Humani-ties Facilitator/5th Grade Teacher
Denver, CO Elementary Education K-6 License
5th/6th
September 2008 - August 2009
Jeffco Public Schools - 5th/6th Grade Bilingual Teacher
Denver, CO Elementary Education K-6 License
Spa-nis h Edu-cat
October 2009 - December 2010
Denver Public Schools - Span-ish Teacher
Denver, CO Elementary Education K-6 License/Minor Span-ish
Readin g Teache r
January 2011 - Au-gust 2011
Seattle Public Schools - Read-ing Specialist
Seattle, WA K-6 Elementary Education/ Reading Empha-sis
Acade mic Inter-ve ntion Spe-cial ist/ Dean of
September 2011 - August 2012
Seattle Pub-lic Schools
Seattle, WA Principal/ Administra-tor Certifi-cation
Non-educational employment experience (Infinite Learning Grp, others?)
September 2012 - Green River Seattle, WA Reading
Col- December 2012 Community College CertificationReadiess/Lan-ge/Liter-yAd-tIn-orCol-lege
January 2013 - May Pierce Community Seattle, WA Reading
Readi 2013 College Certificationess/Liter-yAd-tPro-or
Employer/district Dates of employ-ment
Position Telephone # Name/address of immediate supervisor
The Infinite Learning
Group, LLC
January 2013 - Current
CEO/Owner 206-910-7112 Mark Johnson - Owner 1-617-893-1811
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Extensive experience in commercial software for both Windows OS and MacOS platforms, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Project.
REFERENCES:
Mr. Mark Johnson (Teaching & Administrative reference)– Deputy Director – Administrator – The In-finite Learning Group, LLC - [email protected] - 617-893-1811 - Mark was chosen because he was our funding partner, as well as, the director of our center. He has observed my teaching and administrative skills with a population of students ranging from P-20/Adult levels. We created many educational pro-grams and assessments focusing on all learning styles, including English Language Learners, SIOP Model-ing, Assessment, Evaluation, & Progress Monitoring, Special Education, & Advanced IB Curricula & As-sessments.
Jon D. Thumim (Teaching & Administrative reference) – Jon D. Thumim - Special Education Teacher - Mount Rainier High School - [email protected] - 206-910-7370 - Jon was chosen be-cause he has worked with me and experienced my teaching and administrative capabilities. Jon and I had the opportunity to work together in Denver and Seattle Public Schools. I was his administrator and he was mine. In both districts mentioned, I created, led, directed, assessed, evaluated, and progress monitored many education programs, including many curricula development duties, school improvement plans, school audits. I was granted a Humanities Facilitator/Administrator position that allowed me to coach teachers and administrators to focus and align the districts policies and outcomes with their daily practice and evalu-ation duties and expectations.
Pam McClean (Teaching & Administrative reference) – CETUSA International District Manager – (253) 229-5784 - [email protected] - Pam has observed my teaching and administrative skills with a population of students ranging from P-20/Adult levels. We created many educational programs and assessments focusing on all learning styles, including English Language Learners, SIOP Modeling, As-sessment, Evaluation, & Progress Monitoring, Special Education, & Advanced IB Curricula & Assess-ments. I have also worked with Pam housing International Students. I have housed and found housing for international students wanting the educational and lifestyle U.S. experience. Due to my strengths working with ELL students and ELA curricula and assessments, I was able to teach several international students our English language to a fluent level. I am extremely proud of these accomplishments.
Janey Hoene (Teaching reference) - Green River Community College - (253) 833-9111 - [email protected]. - Janey hired me to work as a Literacy Adjunct Professor. In this position I as-sisted students who were ELL/ELA focused. I taught students who were very low leveled in Reading, Writing, & Spelling. By the end of my courses, my students grew more than 8 reading levels utilizing the DRA 2 Reading Assessment. My students were also able, by the end of our semester together, to create and present a Powerpoint presentation of their culture, home life, and future educational and personal goals for all of us to enjoy. I still communicate with many of my students at green River. I assist them with their further progress, stability, usability and sustainability of the English language.